Statement by the UN Secretary-General on the Creation of UN Women
I welcome today’s vote by the 64th General Assembly to merge the four gender entities of the United Nations into UN Women — the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. I...
View ArticleJoint Statement by DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM
We enthusiastically welcome the unanimous decision by the General Assembly to establish the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to be known as UN Women. UN Women will be a...
View ArticleSecretary-General’s Press Encounter, Announcing Ms. Michelle Bachelet as Head...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces the appointment of Ms. Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile, as the head of UN Women. Ms. Bachelet brings to this critical position a history of...
View ArticleTo End Violence against Women, We Must All Join Together
Message from Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: We join with the millions...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2011: Time to Make the Promise of Equality a Reality
Message from UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2011. A hundred years ago today, women across the world took an historic step on the...
View ArticleStatement by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on the Adoption of...
This is a historic moment for domestic workers worldwide. The ILO Convention and Recommendations on Decent Work for Domestic Workers is precedent-setting, as it is the first Convention solely on...
View ArticleInternational Widows’ Day – 23 June 2011
Message from Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women, on the occasion of the first commemoration of International Widows’ Day, 23 June 2011.
View ArticleJoint Statement of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development
On the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth, we [the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development] pledge to increase the effectiveness of the United Nations in advocating for and...
View ArticleUN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet’s Message to the Women of South...
UN Women’s Executive Director Michele Bachelet welcomes the addition of South Sudan as the United Nation’s 193rd Member State.
View ArticleInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9 August 2011
Message from UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2011.
View ArticleStatement by Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women...
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet addresses the famine in Somalia. UN Women urgently calls donor countries and political and military factions in Somalia to ensure that special attention be...
View ArticleWomen’s Political and Civil Rights in Egypt
Statement of Michelle Bachelet Executive Director of UN Women, following the attacks on women and children in Egypt. Wednesday, 21 December 2011.
View ArticleA Comprehensive Response to Rural Women and Girls’ Economic Empowerment
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet's at CSW Side Event on ‘Accelerating progress towards the economic empowerment of rural women’, co-organized by UN Women, FAO, IFAD and...
View ArticleWomen’s Equal Participation Fundamental to Democracy and Justice
Remarks delivered by Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director UN Women Joint IPU/UN Women meeting,29 February 2012 New York.
View ArticleRemarks of UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the “Soulaliyat...
Remarks of UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the “Soulaliyat Women Entitled to Land Property Rights” event, Morocco, 9 March 2012.
View ArticleJoint statement of UN Women and WFP on Earth Day: “Women must be drivers of...
We, the Executive Directors of the World Food Programme and UN Women dedicate this Earth Day to the young girls who spend a full day in search of firewood, to the mothers who sell food rations to buy...
View ArticleUN Women statement at the Commission on Population and Development...
Statement by UN Women Commission on Population and Development Forty-Fifth session 23-27 April 2012.
View ArticleInclusion of Protections for Women and Girls Central to Transition Security...
Kabul, 13 May 2012 — The Government of Afghanistan and NATO should ensure that protections for women and girls are a central component of transition and post-transition security frameworks for...
View ArticlePress Statement by UN Women Executive Director at the OECD Ministerial Council
Press Statement of Michelle Bachelet United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women at the OECD Ministerial Council Tuesday, 22 May 2012
View ArticleMessage of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women in commemoration...
Message of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women on the occasion of International Widows’ Day, 23 June 2012.
View ArticleMessage of Michelle Bachelet for the International Day for Zero Tolerance of...
Message of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women for the International Day for Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation 2013.
View ArticleJoint Statement: End water and sanitation inequalities in the future...
The Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations, UNICEF, UN Women, WaterAid and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. New York, 21...
View ArticleUN Women Executive Director calls for action on ending violence against women...
In her message for International Women’s Day, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet called on the international community to deliver on their commitments and to protect women's right to live...
View ArticleJoint Statement by Heads of UN agencies on Ending Violence against Women and...
Joint Statement on Ending Violence against Women and Girls.
View ArticleUN Women calls for urgent and effective action against femicide
In a statement, Acting Head of UN Women and Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri welcomes mounting global momentum to end gender-related killings and urges States to take bold and swift action to...
View ArticleUNAMA and UN Women call on Afghan authorities to ensure full implementation...
In a joint press statement, UNAMA and UN Women representatives in Afghanistan call on the Afghan Government and Parliament to enforce a landmark law enacted by presidential decree in 2009. It has yet...
View Article“Women deliver for us all, now it is time for the world to deliver for...
Remarks of Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women at the Opening Panel of the Women Deliver Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 May 2013.
View ArticleInternational Widows’ Day: Message of Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women
On this International Widows' Day, UN Women calls for action to end discrimination against widows so they can live in dignity and enjoy equal rights, opportunities and full participation in society. A...
View ArticleUN Women welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2106...
UN Women welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2106 (2013) on 24 June, the sixth resolution on Women, Peace and Security, and the fourth one focused on conflict-related sexual...
View ArticleStatement: Acting Head of UN Women Lakshmi Puri calls for Egyptian women’s...
The Acting Head of UN Women, Lakshmi Puri, expresses concern over reports of the high prevalence of sexual assaults against women in public spaces. She urges women's participation in public life and...
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